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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

A Fistful of Orchestrators, Part II

So, what do orchestrators do? For each composer, the orchestrator’s job differs. Basically the orchestrator is handed a sketch/demo of the music composed. The sketch differs from composer to composer, as some are known to give almost complete sketches. Others write MIDI demos and need the orchestrator to write harmony and counter melodies. An orchestrator’s background might be helpful for only certain cues, rather than the whole movie. Some of the earliest Hollywood orchestrators came from the world of Broadway.